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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-002-001
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and individuals and organizations both known and unknown to the President. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note is a proposal by Jean-Pierre Hallet for Congoland, an African art, science and education center in California; letters from Senator John Sherman Cooper and a copy of his remarks to Alumni Organizations at Yale University; a copy of a speech given by Amherst Professor Henry Steele Commager comparing the inaugural addresses of Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt to that of President Kennedy; a clipping of a German language political cartoon from the newspaper Die Welt sent to President Kennedy by Professor Commager; and an issue of the La Sallete Seminary's publication Our Day, that includes a tribute to President Kennedy. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-008-004
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and individuals and organizations both known and unknown to the President. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note is correspondence with journalist Norman Cousins, editor of The Saturday Review, including a letter in which Mr. Cousins offers to discuss with President Kennedy a recent meeting between himself and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev; correspondence with Senator John Sherman Cooper regarding his concern over newspaper articles about the agreement reached with Senator George D. Aiken on the United Nations bond issue; correspondence with John B. Connally, former United States Secretary of the Navy; a letter from broadcaster and journalist Alistair Cooke; and an original poem entitled "The Guardians," written in tribute to astronaut John H. Glenn.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-016-006
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and individuals and organizations both known and unknown to the President. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note is correspondence with journalist Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturday Review, regarding relations between the United States and the Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), nuclear testing and disarmament, and the planned civil rights march on Washington. Materials include letters about Mr. Cousin's upcoming meeting with Soviet Chairman Nikita Khrushchev, drafts of letters written by Mr. Cousins for President Kennedy to use to gain public support for the ratification of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and notes for President Kennedy to consider as a potential basis for remarks to the civil rights march leaders on August 28, 1963. Also of note are letters from Senator John Sherman Cooper, including a copy of his statement before Congress concerning the continuing presence of Soviet forces and arms in Cuba.